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Image	Subject Name	Scientific Name	Description
1561255	perennial lupine	Lupinus perennis
5492445	false parasol or green-spored parasol	Chlorophyllum molybdites	Saprobe that is easily identified in maturity by its green spore prints and gills. Frequently grows gregariously in lawns and meadows in troops and/or fairy rings. Typically a summer and fall mushroom. These specimens were growing where a tree stump had been removed.
5486244	brown rot	Monilinia fructicola
5486245	brown rot	Monilinia fructicola
5486226	American elm	Ulmus americana	American elm bark
5486192	American elm	Ulmus americana
5492501	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym.
5492503	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym.
5492502	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym.
5492505	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Yellow morph.
5492506	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym.
5492508	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Note white spore print on ground.
5492504	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Yellow Morph.
5492507	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Note insect larvae in gills.
5492509	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Mushroom tends to dissolve into a pile of goo after insect infestation. Note flies on mushroom.
5492510	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Mushroom tends to dissolve into pile of mush after insect infestation.
5492511	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym.
5492512	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym.
5492517	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Yellow morph.
5492513	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym.
5492515	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Note white spore print on log.
5492516	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Yellow morph.
5492514	Armillaria root rot	Armillaria tabescens	Parasitic and/or saprobic on hardwood roots. Prolific late summer and early fall mushroom popping up in lawns and on forest floors in tight clusters that share a basal anchor to the ground which connects to hardwood roots underground. Armillaria tabescens synonym. Rhizomorphs on tree may be from Armillaria mellea.
5492433	yellow fairy cups	Bisporella citrina	Saprobe that grows on decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods. Typically found growing in dense clusters. This is a cup or sac fungus (Ascomycota).
5492434	yellow fairy cups	Bisporella citrina	Saprobe that grows on decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods. Typically found growing in dense clusters. This is a cup or sac fungus (Ascomycota).
5492435	yellow fairy cups	Bisporella citrina	Saprobe that grows on decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods. Typically found growing in dense clusters. This is a cup or sac fungus (Ascomycota).
5492437	yellow fairy cups	Bisporella citrina	Saprobe that grows on decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods. Typically found growing in dense clusters. This is a cup or sac fungus (Ascomycota).
5492436	yellow fairy cups	Bisporella citrina	Saprobe that grows on decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods. Typically found growing in dense clusters. This is a cup or sac fungus (Ascomycota).
5492438	yellow fairy cups	Bisporella citrina	Saprobe that grows on decaying logs and stumps of hardwoods. Typically found growing in dense clusters. This is a cup or sac fungus (Ascomycota).
5492496	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Parasitic on hardwoods (especially oaks) causing a white stringy butt rot and then a saprobe on the deadwood of hardwoods. Fruiting body appears close to the base of the infected tree.
5492498	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Parasitic on hardwoods (especially oaks) causing a white stringy butt rot and then a saprobe on the deadwood of hardwoods. Fruiting body appears close to the base of the infected tree.
5492495	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Parasitic on hardwoods (especially oaks) causing a white stringy butt rot and then a saprobe on the deadwood of hardwoods. Fruiting body appears close to the base of the infected tree.
5492497	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Parasitic on hardwoods (especially oaks) causing a white stringy butt rot and then a saprobe on the deadwood of hardwoods. Fruiting body appears close to the base of the infected tree.
5493728	giant puffball	Langermannia gigantea	Giant puffballs are easily recognized by their size and shape. Fresh specimens are typically brilliant white in color, but turn brown as they mature. They range in size from tennis ball size to soccer ball size and sometimes much larger. Giant puffballs are saprobes usually growing on the soil surface. Brilliant white young specimen in image.
5493726	giant puffball	Langermannia gigantea	Giant puffballs are easily recognized by their size and shape. Fresh specimens are typically brilliant white in color, but turn brown as they mature. They range in size from tennis ball size to soccer ball size and sometimes much larger. Giant puffballs are saprobes usually growing on the soil surface. Brilliant white young specimen in image.
5492500	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Parasitic on hardwoods (especially oaks) causing a white stringy butt rot and then a saprobe on the deadwood of hardwoods. Fruiting body appears close to the base of the infected tree.
5492499	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Bondarzewia berkeleyi	Parasitic on hardwoods (especially oaks) causing a white stringy butt rot and then a saprobe on the deadwood of hardwoods. Fruiting body appears close to the base of the infected tree.
5493727	giant puffball	Langermannia gigantea	Giant puffballs are easily recognized by their size and shape. Fresh specimens are typically brilliant white in color, but turn brown as they mature. They range in size from tennis ball size to soccer ball size and sometimes much larger. Giant puffballs are saprobes usually growing on the soil surface. Brilliant white young specimen in image.
5495060	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5495058	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5493732	giant puffball	Langermannia gigantea	Giant puffballs are easily recognized by their size and shape. Fresh specimens are typically brilliant white in color, but turn brown as they mature. They range in size from tennis ball size to soccer ball size and sometimes much larger. Giant puffballs are saprobes usually growing on the soil surface. Brown mature specimen in image.
5493730	giant puffball	Langermannia gigantea	Giant puffballs are easily recognized by their size and shape. Fresh specimens are typically brilliant white in color, but turn brown as they mature. They range in size from tennis ball size to soccer ball size and sometimes much larger. Giant puffballs are saprobes usually growing on the soil surface. Brown mature specimen in image.
5493729	giant puffball	Langermannia gigantea	Giant puffballs are easily recognized by their size and shape. Fresh specimens are typically brilliant white in color, but turn brown as they mature. They range in size from tennis ball size to soccer ball size and sometimes much larger. Giant puffballs are saprobes usually growing on the soil surface. Brown mature specimen in image.
5493731	giant puffball	Langermannia gigantea	Giant puffballs are easily recognized by their size and shape. Fresh specimens are typically brilliant white in color, but turn brown as they mature. They range in size from tennis ball size to soccer ball size and sometimes much larger. Giant puffballs are saprobes usually growing on the soil surface. Brown mature specimen in image.
5495059	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5495061	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5495064	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Kendrick Woods, Allen County, Ohio.
5495068	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5495065	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Kendrick Woods, Allen County, Ohio.
5495063	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5495066	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5495062	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5495067	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5495069	wood decay	Merulius tremellosus	Saprobe living on the decaying wood of hardwoods. Will grow singularly up to large overlapping clusters of growth. Allen County Farm Park Woodlot, Allen County, Ohio.
5492439	false parasol or green-spored parasol	Chlorophyllum molybdites	Saprobe that is easily identified in maturity by its green spore prints and gills. Frequently grows gregariously in lawns and meadows in troops and/or fairy rings. Typically a summer and fall mushroom.
5493733	giant puffball	Langermannia gigantea	Giant puffballs are easily recognized by their size and shape. Fresh specimens are typically brilliant white in color, but turn brown as they mature. They range in size from tennis ball size to soccer ball size and sometimes much larger. Giant puffballs are saprobes usually growing on the soil surface. Brown mature specimen in image.
5494013	chanterelle	Cantharellus cibarius	A mycorrhizal fungus associated with hardwoods (especially oaks). They are found growing alone, scattered, or gregariously in summer and fall on forest floors. Medium-sized to large, yellow to orange-yellow mushrooms with a broadly convex, flat, or shallowly depressed cap, a central fleshy stem, and false gills on the underside of the cap. Heistand Woods, Van Wert County, Ohio.
5494012	chanterelle	Cantharellus cibarius	A mycorrhizal fungus associated with hardwoods (especially oaks). They are found growing alone, scattered, or gregariously in summer and fall on forest floors. Medium-sized to large, yellow to orange-yellow mushrooms with a broadly convex, flat, or shallowly depressed cap, a central fleshy stem, and false gills on the underside of the cap. Heistand Woods, Van Wert County, Ohio.
5494014	chanterelle	Cantharellus cibarius	A mycorrhizal fungus associated with hardwoods (especially oaks). They are found growing alone, scattered, or gregariously in summer and fall on forest floors. Medium-sized to large, yellow to orange-yellow mushrooms with a broadly convex, flat, or shallowly depressed cap, a central fleshy stem, and false gills on the underside of the cap. Heistand Woods, Van Wert County, Ohio.
5492440	false parasol or green-spored parasol	Chlorophyllum molybdites	Saprobe that is easily identified in maturity by its green spore prints and gills. Frequently grows gregariously in lawns and meadows in troops and/or fairy rings. Typically a summer and fall mushroom.